0 a small section of a room etc formed by part of the wall being set back -- góc phòng thụt vào
The statue was placed in an alcove.
At the point of maximum compression, the fireplace alcove is a receptacle of light and heat.
In the evening, if there are no guests and it is too cool to eat in the 'conservatory', meals are eaten in the kitchen alcove with the sliding doors closed.
Sight resonates with the dew left on the single flower in the alcove.
Other residents sat in the busy reception area or the alcoves of the corridor that ran along the side of the dining room where it was relatively quiet.
It appears that the prisoner escaped through a fire escape door from the alcove.
It stood in a little alcove on the stairs.
Additional shelves could be set at right angles, making alcoves.
However, even at that time the intention was to have separate alcoves for men and women.
